Price $13.50
Ideal for on-level middle school students or struggling high school students, this text can be used as a full-course text or as a supplement. 354 pages.
Features:
•The book covers minerals, water and glaciers, the atmosphere, plate tectonics and continental drift, the oceans, weather, the solar system and space, conservation, and environmental pollution.
•Each of the 21 chapters opens with a Laboratory Investigation that is closely integrated with one or more major ideas in the chapter.
•Each Laboratory Investigation includes questions that direct observation and evoke the independent formulation of conclusions.
•The wide-ranging content is presented in a clear and concise format.
•Each chapter includes extensive question sets for homework and review. There are nearly 1,000 questions arranged topically.
•The Science, Technology, and Society end of chapter feature explores real-world issues related to earth science. Questions at the end of each feature encourage students to evaluate the issues and make their decisions about the impact of science and technology on society and their own lives.
•Chapter reviews include science terms, matching questions, multiple-choice questions, modified true-false questions, and Testing Your Knowledge.
•Over 300 figures, diagrams, and photographs assist comprehension and retention.